using registry top uninstall beta version

I am still having problems uninstalling BETA SQL versions. I think I goofed the uninstall up seriously. I am going to Best of VS this afternoon, and would like to install the new stuff shortly after.

I have tried the various "hammers" and other tools. In the registry I find a whole bunch o references to version 9.0 SQL (assuming this is the BETA).

Is there a way to clean the registry SAFELY of the SQL references and then be ready to install the tools?

THANKS

[470 byte] By [TheDATMAN] at [2007-12-17]

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I forward my posting to another question here. Try the following.
1. Uninstall all visible Beta components in Add/Remove Programes.

2. Detect the Beta components infromation in the the log file located in %Program Files%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup*_%machinename%_Core(Local).log. * stands for a number. Check the latest log file.

3. Search the whole registry keys, remove those registy keys related to those Beta components. This is time-consuming.

4. Kill all Beta SQL Services (including SQL, OLAP, RS, SQLBROWSER, SQLAGENT, etc.) if they are existing with command sc.

5. Reboot the machine.

6. Start Setup again.

JiongxiongChen at 2007-9-8 >